<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rtadlock/5544824909/" title="Kim and her new ride by rtadlock, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5544824909_c9d3522dce_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Kim and her new ride"></a>

Here's my girlfriend, Carrie, just as we arrived home with her newly-purchased '99 Ninja 250 (with 500 stickers )... she doesn't know how to ride yet, but she got her permit, we went gear shopping, and she's looking to enlist in an MSF class this spring. I'm watching happily from a safe distance - she's motivating herself so far, thankfully. I know how often this type of endeavor fails when the guy tries to push his poor wife into riding, and I don't want to be that douchebag.